Fred Quinn, PhD

Frederick D. Quinn, Ph.D., is the Co-Director of the Basic and Translational Science Core for the TRAC.  He is also a Professor of Infectious Diseases, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Interim Director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Quinn received his BS from Marquette University, PhD in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Subsequently, Dr. Quinn oversaw several laboratory groups at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta investigating bacterial disease outbreaks including Brazilian Purpuric Fever, Cat Scratch Disease, meningococcal meningitis, Buruli ulcer, and ultimately tuberculosis. Prior to accepting the position at UGA, Dr. Quinn completed a Fullbright Fellowship studying novel imaging technologies for tuberculosis at the University of Bristol in Great Britain.

Dr. Quinn’s current research focuses on understanding the pathogenesis and transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis, with the ultimate goal of developing improved vaccines and diagnostic tests for human and animal tuberculosis. Collaborative projects include: tuberculosis vaccine animal efficacy testing; ferret, badger and ultimately bovine and camel infection model development for studying tuberculosis pathogenesis, disease transmission, carriage and early infection; tuberculosis transmission patterns via human social networks in Uganda, and zoonotic animal to human transmission studies in Morocco, Mozambique, San Diego/Baja California, the Republic of Georgia and China.